Delicatessen
1991 · 99 min · Director: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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Centered on a post-apocalyptic society where food is scarce and used as currency. In an apartment building with a delicatessen on the ground floor. The owner of the eatery also owns the apartment building and is in need of a new maintenance man since the prior one "mysteriously" disappeared. A former clown applies for the job and the butcher's intent is to have him work for as little as possible. The clown and butcher's daughter fall in love and she tries to foil her father's plans by contacting the "troglodytes", a grain eating sub-group of society who live entirely underground.
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Delicatessen (1991) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Disturbing 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Humor30%
- Disturbing25%
- Tension20%
- Love15%
- Surprise10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Disturbing, Tension. Genres: Comedy, Crime. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Disturbing and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Disturbing
- Humor
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Disturbing | Humor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Curiosity | 40 % | 23 % | 28 % | 20 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Humor | 39 % | 25 % | 24 % | 24 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Tension | 44 % | 35 % | 30 % | 23 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 22′ | Disturbing | 53 % | 38 % | 41 % | 25 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Humor | 51 % | 29 % | 35 % | 30 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Curiosity | 46 % | 24 % | 24 % | 30 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Humor | 49 % | 28 % | 26 % | 34 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 42′ | Disturbing | 61 % | 45 % | 50 % | 33 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Disturbing | 70 % | 59 % | 64 % | 26 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Tension | 63 % | 52 % | 46 % | 26 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Love | 53 % | 43 % | 31 % | 28 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 62′ | Tension | 50 % | 41 % | 28 % | 29 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 67′ | Love | 53 % | 46 % | 25 % | 26 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Tension | 61 % | 57 % | 36 % | 24 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 77′ | Tension | 71 % | 69 % | 50 % | 29 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Tension | 76 % | 75 % | 49 % | 29 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Tension | 77 % | 77 % | 48 % | 28 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Tension | 78 % | 78 % | 53 % | 33 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 97′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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Cast
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Details
- Directed by
- Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Written by
- Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Gilles Adrien
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1991
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Country
- France
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Humor
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